Seat.



J. R. WILLARD.

SEAT.

- APPLICATION FILED SE-PT. 6, 1911. 1,041,213. Patented Oct. 15,1912.

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SEAT.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES R. WILLARD, a citizen of the United States,and residing at Iaeger, in the county of McDowell and State of estVirginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Seats, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in seats or settees.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a seat which may bereadily raised or removed from one of its supporting brackets or legs.

Another object is to provide a seat which, together with its supportingbrackets or legs may be readily secured in position or displaced.

A further object is to provide a seat, one end of which may be raisedand suitably secured in such raised position.

A still further object is to provide a hingedly secured seat, one of thesupporting legs or brackets of which may be readily removed from thefloor or other support.

A still further object is to provide a seat, the supporting brackets orlegs of which may be readily folded and placed adjacent to the seat,permitting the same to be compactly folded when not in use or forstoring, or while being shipped.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in thecombination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fullydescribed and defined by the appended claim, it being understood thatchanges in the specific structure shown and described may be made Withinthe scopeof the claim without departing from the spirit of theinvent-ion.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating the preferred embodiment of myinvention;-Figure 1, is a front view thereof. Fig. 2, is a verticaltransverse section on line a:m of Fig. 1, looking in the direction ofthe arrows. Fig. 3, is a similar view as Fig. 2, but looking in theopposite direction. Fig. 4, is a view in elevation of the invention,showing the seat raised or ele vated at one end. Fig. 5, is an enlargeddetailed view of a seat supporting bracket or leg. Fig. 6, is a likeview of a leg retaining base plate.

The primary aim of my invention is to provide a seat or setteeespecially arranged for use in halls, cars, cabins, boats and cabs, thesame being so constructed that one end Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 6, 1911.

Patented Got. 15, 1912.

Serial No. 647,804.

of the seat may be raised or elevated, permitting the displacement ofthe leg or supporting bracket for that end, the entire seat with itslegs or supporting brackets being removably secured to its retainingbaseplates.

In the accompanying drawings the numeral 5, designates the floor orsurface to which the seat supporting legs are secured. This floor orsurface is provided with a plurality of L-shaped key-slots, 6, and inorder to prevent undue wear of the floor, I provide wear or floorplates, 7, as shown in Fig. 6, these plates also having L-shapedkeyslots, 8. i

A seat proper, 32, of any approved construction, and having connectedthereto a reversible back, 36, by means of links, 37,

pivoted to said back, and to the arms 38,

of said seat, is hinged or pivoted as at 39, upon its underside, nearone end, to a supporting bracket or leg member, 40, to allow of raisingor elevating that end, of said seat as indicated in Fig. 4.. It will benoted that the hinging or pivoting point, 39, is so arranged as to allowthat end of the seatbottom, as the seat is elevated, to suitably engageor fit against the supporting bracket or leg and thus serve as a stop torequisitely limit the tilting or elevating movement of the seat.

The supporting bracket or leg member, 40, has at its lower end aright-angled outturned portion or flange, 2, which is equipped upon itsunderside preferably with L-shaped retaining or key-lugs, 4:, engagingor taking into the corresponding bayonet-joint slots, 6, in the floor,the lugs first passing through or being received by the registeringslots, 8, in the floor or wear plate, 7, to provide for the readydetachment or displacement of the supporting bracket or leg when thismay be required. A spring-equipped pin or bolt, 9, is suitably appliedor arranged in connection with the supporting bracket or leg-member,4:0, for engagement with an aperture or socket, 10, in the wear orbase-plate, 7, for aiding the retention of said bracket or leg-member ineffective position and yet allow of the removal of the latter whenrequired. In order to aid raising or elevating the seat, a coiled orother suitable form of spring, 33, may be, or is applied to the hingingpivot of the hinge, 39, of the seat, so as to exert its tension orpressure upon the latter.

The seat, 32, is supported at its opposite end upon a like bracket orleg-member, 41, suitably secured in position, say to the side or wall,42, of the car, or inclosure, said bracket or leg-member having an upperand inwardly-extending flange, 43, upon which said end of the seatrests. Said seat-end is provided upon its underside with downwardlyprojecting pins or studs, 44, adapted to engage, or be received byapertures, 45, produced in the flange, 43, for the retention of theseat, at that end, as against any casual displacement.

A suitably handled rod-member or lever, 46, is suitably hung or pivotedin the wall or side of the inclosure, 42, and provided with preferablyoutstanding lugs, 47, adapted to be received by slot-s, 48, in the arms,38, of the seat, and to engage the inner surface of said arms andincidentally one of the seat-back links 37, after passage through saidslots, for effectively retaining that end of the seat in position.

A seat constructed according to my invention is simple and inexpensive,and is both durable and eflicient in operation, and the seat as well asthe bracket adjustments can be made with ease, accuracy and despatch.

Having thus described my said invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by United States Letters Patent, is

In a device of the character described, the combination of a hingedseat, supporting means including a flange upon which the free end of theseat is adapted to rest loosely when the seat is in normal position, arock shaft mounted upon the supporting means, and a lateral arm upon theshaft for engaging the swinging end of the seat to hold it in positionupon the said flange.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES R. WILLARD.

Witnesses:

J. R. AUvILLE, D. L. AnvIL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. G.

